Easy Garter Stitch Shawl

Free Shawl Knitting Pattern

Size: Width - 55" (140 cm), depth - 27.5" (70 cm).

Materials: Laines du Nord Calipso wool/acrylic bulky weight yarn 320 m / 200g Color 4 - 1 skein.
Lamb's Pride Bulky 125 yds / 114 m per 4 oz/113 gr skein - 1 skein. Color: M-260 Cafe au Lait.

Needles: 10 1/2 (6.50 mm) OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE.

Gauge: 13 st x 28 rows = 4" x 4" (10 x 10 cm)

Patterns:

Garter Stitch
all rows - knit sts

Directions:

With Calipso yarn cast on 7 sts. To make a firm edge always slip the 1st stitch and purl the last st.

Row 1: 1 selvedge st, 1 k, yo, 1 k, yo, 1 k, yo, 1 k, yo, 1 k, 1 selvedge st. mark the 4th st with the stitch marker. This is the center of the shawl.

Row 2 and all even rows: knit.

Row 3: 1 selvedge st, 1 k, yo, 3 k, yo, 1 k, yo, 3 k, yo, 1 k, 1 selvedge st.

Row 5: 1 selvedge st, k 1, yo, k 5, yo, k 1, yo, k 5, yo, k 1, 1 selvedge st.

Continue to make increases in every odd row, 4 yos per row: one after the 2nd st, two on both sides of the central st and another one before the 2 last sts of the row.

Color sequence:
Rows 1 - 94: Calipso yarn
Rows 95 - 98: Lamb's Pride yarn
Rows 99 - 104: Calipso yarn
Rows 105 - 112: Lamb's Pride yarn
Rows 113 - 120: Calipso yarn
Cast off.

Finishing:
Block the shawl.

Enjoy!